Subtitles for "Critical Times Require Critical Mass"

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I should have realized this sooner, but it's
still not too late to act, to make the best

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of the situation. As you all are painfully
aware of we're in the collapse the entire

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socioeconomic structure. A lot has happen
in the last couple of years. What was first

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considered a dip in the economy in 2007 has
evolved to a global financial crisis and finally

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the possibility of a collapse in the spirit
at least of 1929 doesn't seem so farfetched

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for the average person on the street. Sadly
though, we still see people clinging on to

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old and outdated institutions, such as politics,
military, money, democracy, laws etc. Many

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for whatever reason fail to consider the possibility
of a not just financial collapse, but a systemic

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collapse on a global scale.

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As an advocate of the train of thought put
forward by The Zeitgeist Movements and The

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Venus Project, I see the necessity for what's
called a critical mass. A critical mass is

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a sufficient number of adopters of an innovation
in a social system so that the rate of adoption

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becomes self-sustaining and creates further
growth and the paradigm simply shifts. As

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a simple example, this is what happens every
election a new party wins, or when we demonstrate

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for the rights of women to vote, black rights
or gay marriage. It's a form of positive peer

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pressure, but on a large social scale.

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When it comes to moving into a global resource-based
economic model, simply demonstrating won't

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be enough because it's not addressing the
root causes of the problem. The choice to

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move from one system to another doesn't depend
on the elected few, or the very rich corporate

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business-men of the world. It's up to us,
every single one of us. Not just the 99%,

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but the full 100%. No one knows how large
the critical mass for this type of transition

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is, because it has never been done before.
But if there is any time in history where

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we could and should test this, it's now.

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In Egypt something historical has happened
in the last couple of days. 22 million people

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joined together in an outburst of disappointment
toward the current state of affairs. What

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if the people of Egypt would turn their power
towards creating a better future, rather than

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using it for anger against certain individuals
in politics? What if they could realize that

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it's them, who build, maintain and creates
the society? What if they would realize that

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they are brilliant people with lots of skills
in all branches of industry who are able to

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organize society from their knowledge? What
if they would truly realize that they don't

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need some elitist group to tell them what
to do? They are currently so many who want

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a better society that they could simply turn
their backs on the old institutions together

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and start living a life of sustainability
and collaboration.

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We who hold these notions as true are powerful
as well, we can be heard and make an impact,

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we've done it before. We've had projects who
reached large awareness before. The Zeitgeist

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Movement is well-known, hundreds of millions
of view on related videos on the internet

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with campaigns like "Why I support The Zeitgeist
Movement and The Venus Project", the release

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of Zeitgeist: Moving Forward and not to forget
all the Z-days across the world. The Occupy

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Movement has made a huge impact and showed
the way to demonstrate peacefully, respecting

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each other and share resources and skills
because it's beneficial to all. Anonymous

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have many times stood up for the privacy and
the integrity of the common man against the

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profit seeking corporations who has little
social concern as well as fighting for the

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free access of knowledge and information,
which are the fruits of humanity. Just to

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name a few organizations.

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It would be a shame if we who advocate such
values did not rise as the unity we are and

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told the people of Egypt what grand opportunity
they have to free themselves from this circus

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of economics and politics and what honor it
would be for them to show the rest of the

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world what greatness we all can achieve if
we work together with nature and each other.

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I can't tell the future, but from my understanding
nothing has so far really changed in Egypt.

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The same structures are still in place and
the risk of history repeating itself once

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again is sadly overwhelming. But we can change
this if we put our minds to it.

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First of we need to spread this very message
to as many people as possible who share the

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values about operating the society within
the carrying capacity of the Earth and using

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science and technology to efficiently solve
problems and arrive at solutions. If I personally

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thought that I had the means to reach 22 million
Egyptians this step wouldn't be needed, but

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I realize that's not the case. So if you're
in the Zeitgeist Movement and feel this is

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a great campaign, post it forward to your
local, regional and global coordinators, reread

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it and make your own video about it, tell
everyone who agrees with the concepts no matter

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their organizational affiliation, but keep
in mind, this first phase is for people who

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already agree with the notions, it's not a
campaign about raising global awareness about

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the situation in Egypt. This phase fades in
priority on 31st July, depending slightly

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on how quickly this message spreads. If the
time feels right, then feel free to initiate

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the second phase.

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If at least 4700 people could be involved
in this campaign, then we thanks to exponential

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spread could reach 22 million Egyptians. The
second and main phase begins on 1st August,

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when hopefully a lot of people are aware about
this and we can get that "punch effect" where

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it arises sudden everywhere but at the same
time not let it become a short hype that's

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forgotten a week later. In this second phase,
we send the people of Egypt a message, a personal

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message, about what we hope for the future
of their and our society. It could be through

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music, artwork, lectures, vlogs, blogs, news
articles, you name it. Utilize your strengths.

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The activists of Egypt are good at using social
media, so make sure to get it up there on

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all thinkable sites. Facebook, Youtube, Tumblr,
Twitter, Reddit, and so on. Make them realize

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that the world care about them and that they
can build an amazing society which benefits

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all people. It's not about telling them what
to do, it's not about showing them what's

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wrong, and it's not about convincing anyone.
It's about giving them the tools to problem

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solving equally brilliant as those who gave
it to us.

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This shit's got to go!